Why the United States turned against Britain during the Suez Crisis
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On 26 July 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal Company, seizing an asset that British Prime Minister Anthony Eden regarded as essential to Britain's position as a world power.
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